Author Topic: Graham's Number - Literally head-imploding (Read 2083 times)

TheScout · August 14, 2013, 08:20:59 PM

ok i just found out about this stuff and you people need to know because jesus forget it is incredible

VIDEO AT BOTTOM

Okay so let's start simply:
3+3+3 = 3x3
3x3x3 = 3³
3³ = 3↑3 = 27
3↑↑3 = 3^3³ = about 7.6 trillion

3↑↑↑3 =3^{7.6 trillion 3's, all stacking up.}

ok this is where stuff gets pretty loving serious

Imagine this number, based on what you already know about the arrows:
3↑↑↑↑3 = stupid big = g₁ (this is a made-up variable that we are going to use for the sake of explaination)

g₂ = 3 with g₁ amount of arrows behind it.
g₃ = 3 with g₂ amount of arrows behind it, etc etc UNTIL:

g₆₄ = Graham's number.

This number is literally so big that you would actually turn into a black hole; if you thought about it until the amount of knowledge inside of your brain made it massive enough to form a singularity and collapse inside of itself into a point where light could not escape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeJ64KD5cg
have fun with that

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Ipquarx · August 14, 2013, 08:23:23 PM

Holy forget someone besides me actually knows about this

Becquerel · August 14, 2013, 08:25:32 PM

Quote from: Ipquarx on August 14, 2013, 08:23:23 PM

Holy forget someone besides me actually knows about this

.:FancyPants:. · August 14, 2013, 08:25:36 PM

Quote from: Ipquarx on August 14, 2013, 08:23:23 PM

Holy forget someone besides me actually knows about this

no we really dont or else we'd all be dead

Shortcut · August 14, 2013, 08:29:12 PM

i dont get it

TheScout · August 14, 2013, 08:39:50 PM

Quote from: Shortcut on August 14, 2013, 08:29:12 PM

i dont get it

Where are you stuck? if it's the arrows, I don't fully understand them either.

Ipquarx · August 14, 2013, 08:49:07 PM

If you need help understanding the arrow notation, look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth's_up-arrow_notation#Introduction

Generation · August 14, 2013, 08:50:26 PM

the numbers it HURTS!!!!!

Count · August 14, 2013, 08:56:19 PM

its times like these where i think our brains are very limited when it comes to ordeals that are enormous. like when i am sitting on a boring day doing nothing but daydreaming about how large the universe is. I start at earth and keep going past the planets, past the galaxy, and all at once i just hit a point where i just cant go on, my thought process just comes to a halt.

.:FancyPants:. · August 14, 2013, 08:58:42 PM

Quote from: Count on August 14, 2013, 08:56:19 PM

its times like these where i think our brains are very limited when it comes to ordeals that are enormous. like when i am sitting on a boring day doing nothing but daydreaming about how large the universe is. I start at earth and keep going past the planets, past the galaxy, and all at once i just hit a point where i just cant go on, my thought process just comes to a halt.

ugh there has to be a joke i can make about it being Count that posted this but i just can't come up with it.

Kalphiter� · August 14, 2013, 08:59:55 PM

Quote from: .:FancyPants:. on August 14, 2013, 08:58:42 PM

ugh there has to be a joke i can make about it being Count that posted this but i just can't come up with it.

Don't always Count on being able to make a joke out of every name you see.

Jake White · August 14, 2013, 09:01:33 PM

whoa whoa imagine this being used as a weapon

if humanity ever develops the technology to implant thoughts/data directly into someone's head, would we potentially be able to kill them by implanting Graham's number?

Count · August 14, 2013, 09:02:36 PM

AH AH AH! I COUNT THE PLANETS! 1 2 3! AH AH AH!

TheScout · August 14, 2013, 09:06:30 PM

Quote from: Jake White on August 14, 2013, 09:01:33 PM

whoa whoa imagine this being used as a weapon

if humanity ever develops the technology to implant thoughts/data directly into someone's head, would we potentially be able to kill them by implanting Graham's number?

if you want a planet full of black holes then sure

Ipquarx · August 14, 2013, 09:15:04 PM

Quote from: Jake White on August 14, 2013, 09:01:33 PM

whoa whoa imagine this being used as a weapon

if humanity ever develops the technology to implant thoughts/data directly into someone's head, would we potentially be able to kill them by implanting Graham's number?

By "your brain would turn into a black hole" it means that your brain would have to be so massive that it's mass would be enough to cause the brain to fold upon itself and create a black hole. As in, even if you were to implant it into our brains, it would only be partial and we'd not explode into black holes.